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[zeno]

Originally Posted by tomrosado

I was checking the wrong pins - the correct pins are 1 and 12 for the heater - on these I get about 2.7 so heater should be good right?

Sounds good as far as that goes. A brightener would not be used
for a heater A.K.A. filament problem. From my earlier post:

CRT's almost always fail due to low emission. On a
B&W symptoms are dark pix, negative pix, streaking of
bright areas, slow warm up & overly bright whites with no detail or any
combination of.....

Best test is darken the room, turn down the bright & contrast.
If it looks a lot better its the CRT 99%.

Good news is you have a clean cabinet. As an old TV tech but NOT
a wood worker the guts are easily dealt with compaired to a
trashed cabinet. Good luck.

73 Zeno